Air-actuated street-car fender.



J. M. GLANGY.

AIR AGTUATED STREET GAR FENDER.

A APPLICATION FILED DEC. 21, 1908. 941,497. Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

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JOHN M. CLANCY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

AIR-ACTUATED STREET-CAR FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 21, 1908.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909. Serial No. 468,504.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. CLANoY, a [citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Air-Actuated Street-Car Fenders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to car fenders intended especially for use uponstreet cars provided with air-brake appliances, the object being toprovide apparatus whereby the fender may be carried in its elevatedposition, as is desirable in city and suburban traflic, and from such acondition to be lowered into its operative position by its own weightwhen the engineers or controlling valve of the brake appliances isactuated by the motorman.

With this object in view my invention consists in such a novelconstruction and arrangement of parts, all as will be hereinafter fullyset forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in whicFigure 1 is a longitudinal section of a railway car embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a detail side elevation, showing the principalnovel parts, and Fig. 3 is a detail elevation, showing an eccentric.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 indicates the body of the car and 2 thedash thereon. The engineers valve in the casing 3 is actuated by theusual lever 4, the valve stem 5 being rigidly connected to thevertically disposed rod 6, a squared portion 7 pressed securely into asquared perforation 8 forming the connection between said stem and saidrod. A suitable packing at 9 may be provided in order to prevent leakagearound the rod 6. Thus it will be seen that the rod 6 and the bevel-gear10, secured thereon, will move each time the lever 4 is actuated by themotorman. The air reservoir 11 is connected by a suitably disposed pipe12 to the engineers valve 4, and the pipe 13 leads from said casing tothe airbrake cylinder 14. A branch pipe 15 leads from the pipe 12 to thevalve chamber 16 which is integral with the cylinder 17, and thebevel-gear 18, in mesh with the gear 10, is secured to the horizontallydisposed shaft 19. Depending brackets 20 and 21 are rigidly fixed to thecar body 1 and are adapted to carry the rod 6 and the shaft 19. At oneend of the shaft 19 an eccentric 22 is secured, the same being adaptedto actuate the slide valve rod 23. The slide valve 24 is so arrangedthat the cylinder port 25 is in connection with the exhaust port 26 whenthe valve rod 23 is at the limit of its down stroke. The integral pistonand piston rod 27, will now rise because of the weight of the fenders 1and 2 acting through the lever 28 which is pivoted to the fender 2 at29. A bracket 30 is secured to the car body 1 and is provided with apivotal pin 31 adapted to engage the hole 32.

3 indicates a hinge connection between the fenders 1 and 2.

4 indicates a bracket serving as a guide for the fender 2.

The connection of the rod 6 with the valve stem 5 is such that when thebrakes are applied the fenders will drop into their lowest positions bygravity, and the same will be raised again by means of air pressure inthe cylinder 17 when the brakes are released.

33 indicates a car wheel and 34 a rail, the relative positions of thefenders to the rail being clearly shown.

While I have shown what I. deem to be the preferable form of myinvention, I do not wish to be limited thereto, as there might be manychanges made in the details of construction and arrangement of partswithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In apparatus of the character described, in combination with anair-brake engineers valve in a car body, a vertically disposed rodrigidly connected to the valve stem of said valve and adapted to rotatetherewith, a horizontally disposed shaft journaled in hangers orbrackets secured to the car body, a bevel-gear secured with said rod andadapted to mesh with and to drive a bevelgear secured to said shaft, acylinder in communication with an air reservoir, a slide valve adaptedto control the admission of air to said cylinder, an eccentric on saidshaft adapted to actuate the slide valve rod, a piston in said cylinder,and means connected with said cylinder for operating a car fenderarranged in front of the car body, substantially as shown and specified.

2. In apparatus of the character described, in combination with a carbody equipped with an air-brake system, a vertically dis posed rodhaving a squared portion at its upper extremity adapted to fit snugly ina recess formed in the valve stem of the engineers valve, a horizontallydisposed shaft journaled in hangers or brackets provided therefor andsecured to the car body, a bevelgear connection between said rod andsaid shaft, an eccentric secured to one extremity of said shaft adaptedto operate a slide valve provided in connection with a cylinder, an airsupply pipe for the slide valve chamber, a piston in said cylinder inconnection with an oscillating lever pivoted to the car fender andadapted to elevate the same when acted upon by air pressure, and saidrod being connected to said valve stem in such a manner that when thebrakes are released the car fender will be in its highest position,substantially as shown and specified.

3. In apparatus of the character described, a car body and a bracket orhanger secured thereto and depending therefrom, an oscillating leverprovided with a perforated portion adapted to engage a portion of saidhanger,

a vertically-movable car fender pivoted to and adapted to be operated bysaid lever, a cylinder and piston disposed beneath the car body, thepiston rod being pivoted to said lever, a compressed air supply, meansfor admitting air to said cylinder for actuating said piston in order toraise said fenders, and means for exhausting said cylinder in order thatsaid fender may fall by means of its own gravity, substantially as shownand specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN M. CLANCY.

Witnesses HELEN F. LILLIS, JANET E. HOGAN.

